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hail from

verb

Etymology

Ships would declare, by hailing, the port from which they sailed or in which they were registered.

Definitions

  1. To be a native of, to come from, to originate from

    To be a native of, to come from, to originate from; to have as one's birth place or residence.

    • 1998, August 23; the episode Lard of the Dance (wikiquote) from the tenth season [Willie] Saints be praised. I'm from Scotland! Where do ya hail from? [Homer] Uh, North... Kilt-town.
    • My niece speaks French but she hails from Hampshire.

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No curated loop yet for hail from. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA